[pct-l] Hiking Pole Tips

[gwtmp01 at mac.com]

On Jan 10, 2007, at 10:33 AM, Bill Batchelor wrote:
> I have read that the tips are likely to implode or wear-out on a  
> thru-hike.
> I am going to buy some replacement tips for my Leki's ahead of  
> time.  How
> may tip-sets does one normally go through?

To get an sense of what happens to pole tips during a thru hike take a
look at Rolling Thunder's last journal entry:
http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=161331

I would say you'll have to change tips at least once and maybe twice.


Gary Wright (Radar)